#5B2F8A#5B2F8A

#5B2F8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.146 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2F8A
RGB	rgb(91, 47, 138)
HSL	hsl(269, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 65.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.64, 38.65, -43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.64, 58.02, 311.77°)
OKLab	oklab(41.03% 0.0787 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(41.03% 0.146 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9173, 6.0921, 24.6933)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.85

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2F8A #5E8A2F

analogous

#2F318A #5B2F8A #892F8A

triadic

#5B2F8A #8A5B2F #2F8A5B

tetradic

#5B2F8A #8A2F31 #5E8A2F #2F8A89

square

#5B2F8A #8A2F31 #5E8A2F #2F8A89

split-complementary

#5B2F8A #8A892F #318A2F

monochromatic

#1F102F #3D1F5C #5B2F8A #793FB8 #9868CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#5B2F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#5B2F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2F8A

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2F8A	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F4688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 47, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.146 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6aad',
    500: '#5b2f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2f8a;
$custom-light: #8d6aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.011,
    "s": 49.189,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41025,
    "c": 0.14589,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2F8A

secondary

#8CB362

accent

#D94F96

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2F8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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